Replacing old hard disk with a new one

[Mike McCarty]

Paul Smith wrote:
> On 10/26/05, jdow <jdow at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
>>>>>>Could you please tell me how to install grub to MBR?
>>>>>
>>>>>reboot to the CD1
>>>>>hit F5
>>>>>
>>>>>on the command line type   linux rescue
>>>>>
>>>>>it should find your Fedora installed system and enter
>>>>>
>>>>>chroot /mnt/sysimage
>>>>>
>>>>>/sbin/grub-install /dev/hda
>>>>>
>>>>>that should put Grub back to MBR.
>>>>
>>>>Thanks, Yonas, but no success:
>>>>
>>>># /sbin/grub-install /dev/hda
>>>>Not found or not a block device.
>>>>
>>>>If I replace hda with hdb or hdc, grub-install gives the same result.
>>>>
>>>>Any further ideas?
>>>
>>>Now, I am using a Knoppix liveCD, and having some progress:
>>>
>>>$ grub-install --root-directory=/mnt/hdc1/boot/ /dev/hda
>>>/dev/hda does not have any corresponding BIOS drive.
>>>$
>>>
>>>Can we go further?
>>
>>Have you partitioned the drive yet, Paul?
>>
>>{^_^}
> 
> 
> No, I have not, Jdow. How can I do that?
> 
> Paul
> 

You use fdisk.

It sounds like you could use a tutorial on how disc partitioning
and boot work together.

Mike
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